Intramural Esports

Intramural Esports are an opportunity for any GVSU student, faculty or staff member to play their favorite games in a fun, competitive environment. 

Esport

Registration Deadline

Default Game Dates

Default Game Times

Team Size

Regular Season Matches

Overwatch Elimination

Sept. 17

9/18, 9/25, 10/2, 10/9

Mondays 6PM or 7PM

3

Best of 3

Rocket League

Sept. 17

9/19, 9/26, 10/3, 10/10

Tuesdays 6PM or 7PM

3

Best of 3

Valorant Swift Play

Sept. 17

9/21, 9/28, 10/5, 10/12

Thursdays 6PM or 7PM

2

Best of 3

Rules

  • Lobby Settings
    • Custom Games
    • Presets | 3v3 Elimination
    • Invite Only | Enabled
  • At the end of each game, each team leader will take a screenshot of the scoreboard and put the images in the “overwatch-score-reporting” channel in the GVSU Esports discord\
  • Map Drafting
    • Home team picks 1st map, losing team picks next map
    • Best of 3
    • Non-picking team picks side select for each game
    • First to 3 rounds for each game
    • Map Pool
      • Black Forest
      • Castillo
      • Ecopoint Antarctica
      • Necropolis
  1. Rocket League 3v3’s will be played Best of 3 in the regular season, Best of 5 in the playoffs
  2. Match Time: 5 minutes
  3. Game will be played on a random arena
  4. Host team will be decided when schedule is created, whichever team is the “home team” will be the orange team and will host the match
  5. At the end of each game, each team leader will take a screenshot of the scoreboard and put the images in the “rl-score-reporting” channel in the GVSU Esports discord
  1. Lobby Settings
    • Mode: Swift Play
    • Allow Cheats: Off
    • Tournament Mode: On
    • Overtime: On
    • Play out all rounds: Off
    • Hide Match history: Off
  2. Regular season and playoff games will be played Best of 3, determining map by picking and banning
  3. Map Pool
    • Split
    • Bind
    • Breeze
    • Lotus
    • Pearl
    • Fracture
    • Icebox
    • Ascent
    • Haven
    • Map selection for Bo3
      • Home Team in regular season OR Higher seeded team in the playoffs decides if they are Team A or B
        • Team A bans 1 map
        • Team B bans 1 map
        • Team A picks map 1
        • Team B picks side for map 1
        • Team B picks map 2
        • Team A picks side for map 2
        • Team A bans 1 map
        • Team B bans 1 map
        • Map 3 is only map remaining
        • Team A Picks side for map 3
  4. At the end of each game, each team leader will take a screenshot of the scoreboard and put the images in the “valorant-score-reporting” channel in the GVSU Esports discord

League Information

Remote play is allowed for Esports Intramurals, however we encourage participants to play at the Laker Esports Center on the Allendale Campus. To register your team, sign up on IMLeagues. To access IMLeagues, click the green button on the intramural sports page, and log in with your GVSU credentials. All leagues are FREE to play. 

All leagues are open leagues, which mean there are no gender requirements for your team - anyone can play!

Teams will play four regular season games. The top four teams in each league will advance to the playoffs. 

Semifinals and Finals for all three leagues will be played on October 15th.

Overwatch 2

  • Semifinals: October 15th @ 1:00pm EST
  • Finals: October 15th @ 2:00pm EST

Rocket League:

  • Semifinals: October 15th @ 2:00pm EST
  • Finals: October 15th @ 3:00pm EST

Valorant:

  • Semifinals: October 15th @ 3:00pm EST
  • Finals: October 15th @ 4:00pm EST

Esports Club Participation

To help promote the most fun and competitive environment, Recreation & Wellness has a limit on the number of club members from the same club team who can compete together on an intramural sports team. If you have questions about these requirements, please contact Riley Long. 

  • Overwatch - No more than one club member from the same team.
  • Rocket League - No more than one club member from the same team.
  • Valorant - No more than one club member from the same team. 

 



Page last modified November 13, 2023